How do general practitioners and specialists value their mutual communication? A survey

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

	GP n = 264	National	Specialist n = 232	National
Mean age (sd)	50 (6.7)	47.4	51 (7.6)	41% > 50
Female (%)	33	34	21	26
Years of practice experience P50 (P25-P75)	20 (13–26)	*	16 (9–24)	*
Trainers (%)	38	*	22	*
Employed in (%)
City area	46	43
Semi-urban area	38	43
Rural area	16	13
University hospital			26	*
Leading general hospital			29	*
Peripheral hospital			45	*
Type of practice (%)
Single handed	29	25
Twin	30	30
Health centre	41	45
Outpatient department			20	*
Clinic			3.1	*
Both			77	*
Type of employment (%)
Self-employed	85	90
Paid employment	15	10
Self-employed			47	50
Paid employment			53	50

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